KS3_Data Representations (from clay to silicon)

What does the word ‘bit’ mean in Computing?

• Very small piece

• Binary digit

• A group of 8 0s and 1s

• A sequence of 0s and 1s

Which of the following is a binary digit?

• 2

• bit

• 0

• 01

Which of the following would you characterise as ‘binary’?

• A switch

• An oven knob

• A dice

Which of the following is a byte?

• 8

• bit bit bit bit bit bit bit bit

• 01100101

• 1

How many different sequences of 3 binary digits can there be?

• 3

• 6

• 9

• 8

How many different sequences of 5 binary digits can there be?

• 32

• 25

• 10

• 5

Here is a sequence of binary digits:

01100010111001010011010001000111

What could this sequence represent? What could it mean?

• Any piece of information

• Musical Notes

• A set of instructions

• A number

Which of the following binary numbers is equivalent to decimal 4?

• 10

• 100

• 1010

• 1111

Which of the following binary numbers is equivalent to decimal 9?

• 101

• 10000

• 1010

• 1001

Which of the following decimal numbers is equivalent to binary 110?

• 2

• 6

• 30

• 110